Flock
ποίμνηStrong’s G4167poimnē
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Poimnē is the Greek word usually translated “flock”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.”
Meaning
Usually translated “flock”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- flock 4
- a flock 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- John 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 2:8And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
- John 10:16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Greek dictionary
ποίμνη poimnē · flock
ποίμνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX: Gen.32:16 (17) (עֵדֶר), Zec.13:7 A * ;] a flock, prop., of sheep: Mat.26:31, Luk.2:8, 1Co.9:7. Metaphorical, of Christ's followers, Jhn.10:16.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “flock” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLOCK, noun
[Latin floccus. It is the same radically as flake, and applied to wool or hair, we write it lock. See Flake.]
- A company or collection; applied to sheep and other small animals.
- A company or collection of fowls of any kind, and when applied to birds on the wing, a flight; as a flock of wild-geese; a flock of ducks; a flock of blackbirds. in the United States, flocks of wild-pigeons sometimes darken the air.
- A body or crowd of people. [little used.
- A lock of wool or hair.
All definitions and other forms of “flock”
FLOCK, verb intransitive
To gather in companies or crowds; applied to men or other animals. People flock together. They flock to the play-house.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.